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I’m not sure about that… Sex and Grace – June 9, 2024

June 9, 2024

Matthew 19:1-12 and John 1:14-16 Melissa wraps up the series about questions the congregation has asked this Sunday, focusing on the question of sex, and intertwines it with the need for grace. Just before his conversion to Christianity the saint and theologian of the church, Augustine of Hippo, is in a garden and he prays […]

I’m not sure about that… Sex and Grace – June 9, 2024

Tagged With: Gospel of John, Gospel of Matthew, grace, I'm not sure about that..., Melissa Florer-Bixler, sex

Seeing & Not Believing – March 19, 2023

March 19, 2023

Melissa preaching at RMC on March 19, 2023, with a quilt behind her and a plant and stalks of brown grass and wheat on a table in front of her.

On this fourth Sunday of Lent Melissa preached from John 9:1-41 and Romans 5:1-11. The story of Jesus healing the man who was born blind, and the subsequent questioning by the Pharisees illustrates the difference between being cured and being healed. After he gains his sight, he is repeatedly questioned by the people in power […]

Seeing & Not Believing – March 19, 2023

Tagged With: blind, Gospel of John, grace, Melissa Florer-Bixler, Romans

A Gift or a Bribe? – Sept. 26, 2021

September 26, 2021

Melissa preaching at Shepherd's Hall on Sept. 26, 2021

Melissa continues the series on gifts with the story from Genesis 32 about Jacob meeting his brother Esau after battling with someone all night long. There are parallels between this story and that of Cain and Abel from a few weeks ago. Jacob is under the impression that he can buy anything he wants if […]

A Gift or a Bribe? – Sept. 26, 2021

Tagged With: Genesis, gifts, grace, Jacob, Melissa Florer-Bixler

Retributive Justice or Forgiveness? – Sept. 13, 2020

September 13, 2020

Melissa preaching via Zoom, Sept. 13, 2020

Matthew 18:21-35 Melissa tackles this difficult passage that juxtaposes this new way of doing life–this kingdom of God way of forgiveness, grace and hope–and points out how it doesn’t mix with the old order of carrying out justice. But if that new way of doing things is one-sided, the whole thing falls apart. When the […]

Retributive Justice or Forgiveness? – Sept. 13, 2020

Tagged With: COVID-19, Forgiveness, Gospel of Matthew, grace, retribution

Surprising Faith – Aug. 18, 2019

August 18, 2019

Melissa preaching at RMC on August 18, 2019

Hebrews 11:1-16 Melissa continued the series focused on Hebrews in this morning’s message. What is faith in the midst of political distress, in a government hellbent on terrorizing the vulnerable? It’s the failures of the people talked about in this Hebrews passage that animates our faith to continue on. They provide hope because of their […]

Surprising Faith – Aug. 18, 2019

Tagged With: faith, grace, Hebrews, hope, Melissa Florer-Bixler

Babette’s Feast

August 6, 2019

by Melissa Florer-BixlerA blog entry in response to our “A Year at the Table” series. It seemed fitting to me that we began our year of exploration and reflection on Communion practice in grace. Babette’s Feast, the first in our film series featuring movies about food and faith, is a story about grace received in […]

Babette’s Feast

Filed Under: Table Tagged With: communion, grace, Melissa Florer-Bixler, table

The Foolishness of God’s Senseless Love – April 8, 2018

April 8, 2018

Melissa speaking at RMC on April 8, 2018

This was “holy humor” Sunday and Melissa started out her message with a joke before getting into the story told in John 20:19-31. Just as Jesus met Thomas, Jesus meets us where we’re at. Faith is not something you come to on your own. It takes many different forms and in every single one of […]

The Foolishness of God’s Senseless Love – April 8, 2018

Tagged With: doubt, Gospel of John, grace, holy humor, humor, love, Melissa Florer-Bixler, Thomas

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